George C Marshall High School - Columbian Yearbook (Falls Church, VA)

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YES, we YES! Your Educational System, sponsored by the SCA, was 1975’s answer to the disasterous DIG week of previous years. Suffering under the stigma of the riots of 1971, all such alternative educa-tional activities had been banned. Through the determined efforts of a few students and the administration, YES was pushed through, only to lx? cancelled due to lack of participation. Courses were to be taught by students, faculty and outsiders. Topics ranged from such practical courses as Catch-up Calculus, to recreational courses like Advanced Swimming and The Bump to fun courses Pizza Making, and Beatles. An archeology course was offerer! because of established student interest in the activity. Spring of '73 saw the creation of Fairfax County's first archeology program. Fascinated by the chance to discover tangible remains of colonial Virginia, area students participated in an Army supervised dig at Fort Bel voir. Student crews unearthed nearly 10, 000 tons of dirt in search of the mystery of the Fairfax family. Trying to determine the function of several out buildings, diggers found such artifacts as: an alleged emerald rig, a gold shoe buckle, a sheared copper coin, and a broken wire bottle seal. In the summer of '74, Martha Williams, Marshall teacher and cosupervisor at the Belvoir site, was given the directorship of a dig at Sully Plantation in Northern Virginia. Mrs. Williams resurrected many of the Belvoir students to help her analyze the data that could be gleaned from artifacts found at the site. With the coming of cold weather, weekend work was mover! from the trenches to a nearby laboratory. Mrs. Williams attributed the success of the program to the continued interest of the Class of '75. Several seniors left Marshall contemplating careers in archeology. Steve Taylor carefully reconstructs a bottle found in the kitchen at Sully. To clean brass artifacts. Martha Williams and Nancy Edwards dip them in formic acid which dissolves away years of dirt and corrosion. have no DIG

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kindred competition Miss Laurie Williams and Miss Carols Mereader dressed in French peasant style, take part in the Foreign language Fair. Jim Porter and David Casey, decked out in Roman togas, reign on their throne atop Mt. Olympus. Hae Yen Lee demonstrates, a Korean dance at the Foreign Language Fair.

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Col. lohn Schlogl, coordinator of the nar. Extending classroom theories to an opportunity to actually question speakers working in governmental fields, was both the object and result of the government seminars held March 17-21. Seminar coordinator John Schlogl wanted to get away from household” name speakers (in the past Senators Edward Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey orated). Northern Virginia, located so near D.C., boasted a plethora of government offcials. Marshall had the distinction of being the meeting place for delegates of twenty area schools. In addition, two delegates from every Statesmen government class attended the half day sessions con jointing two speakers for each of the five days. Among the noted personalities present were the Honorable Calvin J. Collier, and the Honorable Martha Pen-nino. Ambassador from India, T.N. Kaul touched on many controversial issues during the question-and-answer period. Sessions were held in the library. The Marshall Key Club nominated candidates for escorts and Col. John Schlogl made the final selections.